The phrase "age of bridge" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to a specific period or era related to bridges, but without additional context, it is unclear when or how to use it.
Example: "The age of bridge construction saw significant advancements in engineering techniques."
Alternatives: "era of bridges" or "period of bridge development".
There existed a golden age of bridge construction … All were engineering marvels.
There existed a golden age of bridge construction, particularly in New York City, which built between 1883 and 1964 the Brooklyn Bridge, the Williamsburg Bridge, the Queensboro Bridge, the Manhattan Bridge, the George Washington Bridge, the Triborough Bridge, the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, the Throgs Neck Bridge and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
If so, while crossing that bridge to the past, you might consider singing the real one's praises and honoring its history even as you ponder, in this age of bridge-suspicion, the future of one of the longest moveable spans in North America.
The writers are the authors of "New York's Golden Age of Bridges".
"The city is teeming," says Joan Marans Dim, co-author of "New York's Golden Age of Bridges" (favorite bridge: Manhattan).
Connect to Today: In a February 2012 letter to the editor, Joan Marans Dim and Antonio Masi, authors of "New York's Golden Age of Bridges," wrote that, unlike the past, much of the steel used to build today's bridges in the United States — like the new decks on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge — is produced in foreign countries like China.
Another problem is the contradiction of the increasing volume of traffic (particularly heavy traffic) and the great age of bridges.
Transportation for America also provided the data regarding the average age of bridges, traffic over bridges and bridge information by county.
One in nine of the nation's 607,380 bridges are rated as structurally deficient, while the average age of bridges nationwide is 42 years, according to an analysis by the ASCE.
However, the old age of the bridge showed on the bridge itself.
He said bridge inspection and maintenance works were expensive and the ever-increasing age of the bridge - it is 148 years since it opened - dictated that these costs would gradually rise.
